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re: Boy, 14, who fell from 430-foot ride at Florida park was sitting in MODIFIED seat...
Posted on 4/19/22 at 7:41 am to Mud_Bone
Posted on 4/19/22 at 7:41 am to Mud_Bone
Unfortunately the kid died b/c of the shite our society has turned into. You can't deny anyone anything without them acting like lunatics, being offended or suing.
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Posted on 4/19/22 at 7:41 am to Irregardless
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He was 6’5 and 320 lbs. I guess every lineman in college or pro football is morbidly obese?
By BMI measurement yes. Would need to know body fat % to know for sure. I measured morbidly obese at 6’3” and 244 until they factored in high single digit body fat. Of course that was in my 20s working out 3 or more hours a day.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 7:43 am to dnm3305
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Was this the morbidly obese kid that shouldn’t have been on the ride in the first place?
Given the harness design, I think the fact that he was well over 6'5" tall played a bigger role. Fat bellies are pliable. Shoulders aren't.
The hardened harness that fits over his shoulders was angled upward and had no chance of latching properly. They should never have let that kid on a ride that wasn't designed for people that size.
6' 5" and 320 lbs is big. But it's not unheard of in the US (although it's extremely rare for his age). The ride should be designed to either clearly reject or to clearly handle that. It wasn't. And the theme park designers and operators deserve the lawsuits they will get for this.
This post was edited on 4/19/22 at 7:46 am
Posted on 4/19/22 at 7:54 am to IAmNERD
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When the ride reaches the top, the seats tilt forward
Holy shite I saw another video where the seats tilt forward ALOT.
Who the frick designed this ride to tilt forward without a locking bar between the legs?
This has to be one of the dumbest designs I’ve ever seen. Everyone involved needs to get sued into bankruptcy. I don’t care if someone altered the seat. The seat should be designed so it can’t be altered with a locking bar of fixed length between the legs. What a joke.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 7:54 am to Mud_Bone
And just like that, money is becoming a topic of discussion and a fact check will make this all go away, no more pain and suffering for the family.
Ridiculous
Ridiculous
Posted on 4/19/22 at 7:56 am to Irregardless
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He was 6’5 and 320 lbs. I guess every lineman in college or pro football is morbidly obese?
Yeah that's definitely a huge kid for his age. But 6' 5" tall isn't out of the ordinary in this country for adults.
If it wasn't him, it would have been someone else. They should not have let him on that ride if it the shoulder harness couldn't latch over the shoulders of a tall person.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:06 am to WaWaWeeWa
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Who the frick designed this ride to tilt forward without a locking bar between the legs?
It's crazy right?
A lot of those types of rides do tilt forward like that. I guess to give the impression you are free-falling face first to the ground. But every one I've ever been on that tilted forward, had a crotch belt connected to the shoulder harness. Why this one didn't is beyond comprehension.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:08 am to Vamos Brandonos
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Goodbye theme park.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:14 am to Irregardless
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He was 6’5 and 320 lbs. I guess every lineman in college or pro football is morbidly obese?
All but the Aaron Donald types. So outside of like 0.001% of them, yes.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:32 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
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By BMI measurement yes. Would need to know body fat % to know for sure. I measured morbidly obese at 6’3” and 244 until they factored in high single digit body fat. Of course that was in my 20s working out 3 or more hours a day.
I'm with you buddy. I measured morbidly obese at 6'3 and 250 and my doctors kept insisting I needed to lose weight but they didn't get that I have a huge 3ft cock that weighs at least 50lbs
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:33 am to dnm3305
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Was this the morbidly obese kid that shouldn’t have been on the ride in the first place?
Branch Covidians would call him healthy and thriving.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:49 am to BHS78
IIRC, Florida has very specific rules about inspections of rides like this that put the onus on the operator.
The reason is that a lot of the rides at Disney, Universal, Busch Gardens, Legoland, etc are too complicated for the normal inspections. The parks inspect them themselves.
If the little pissant parks are covered under this, that may explain why they cut corners and didn’t get caught.
The reason is that a lot of the rides at Disney, Universal, Busch Gardens, Legoland, etc are too complicated for the normal inspections. The parks inspect them themselves.
If the little pissant parks are covered under this, that may explain why they cut corners and didn’t get caught.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:50 am to PureBlood
Not clever, not salient.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:51 am to Mud_Bone
Should have used hay bale straps
Posted on 4/19/22 at 9:22 am to WhoDatNC
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Unfortunately the kid died b/c of the shite our society has turned into. You can't deny anyone anything without them acting like lunatics, being offended or suing.
This. I also blame his parents for not telling him some hard truths about weight limits on rides.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 9:24 am to Prosecuted Collins
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Not clever, not salient.
DGAF what you think... frickface.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 9:35 am to Irregardless
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He was 6’5 and 320 lbs. I guess every lineman in college or pro football is morbidly obese?
A 14 year old doesn’t have the muscle mass of a 20+ year old so yea he was obese
Posted on 4/19/22 at 9:37 am to deltaland
Wouldn't a seat belt as an added safety point prevented this? I'm shocked they don't have them for these kinds of rides.
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